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Episode 367 – I’m Just a Poe Boy (Weird Circle, Suspense, & NBC University Theatre)
Episode 367 – I’m Just a Poe Boy (Weird Circle, Suspense, & NBC University Theatre)
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Length:
95 minutes
Released:
Jan 19, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
We're celebrating the birthday of Edgar Allan Poe - the master of the macabre and the father of the modern detective story. Poe's super sleuth C. Auguste Dupin and his methods of solving crimes through logic and observation inspired a genre and directly led to the creation of Sherlock Holmes. We'll hear old time radio adaptations of the three Dupin mysteries: "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" from The Weird Circle; "The Mystery of Marie Roget" from Suspense (originally aired on CBS on December 14, 1953); and "The Purloined Letter" from The NBC University Theatre (originally aired on NBC on September 17, 1948).
Released:
Jan 19, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Episode 1 - Spadework (Adventures of Sam Spade): We kick things off with "the greatest private detective of them all," Sam Spade. Hear Howard Duff as Spade in "The Apple of Eve Caper," first broadcast on CBS on June 19, 1949. by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)